Busy Executive, Expectant Mom
Crave More Time to Enjoy Life

By

Sue Shellenbarger Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 14, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

When I started the "Work & Family" column for The Wall Street Journal, a colleague predicted I'd run out of subject matter in two weeks. "What could you possibly write about?" he mused. But over time, the intersection of work and personal life proved a rich motherlode that continues, a decade later, to yield worthwhile material from people in all walks of life, at all stages of work.

This week's column spans this range, from the concerns of a successful middle-aged woman planning for a balanced...